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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18
3. & M. Route Settled nj Last.

The Hot Springs Star has at last
caught on to definite information re-
lative TO the route agreed upon by the
B. & M. company, from its present
western terminus to Rapid City. The
route will appear somewhat circuitous
to the average reader perhaps, but as
"all roads lead to Rapid" we are COM
PEELED to concede the trifling detour
with our usual grace. The Star says:
"By a message transmitted over the
grapevine telegraph to the associated
Wind-pushers club, the facts have
leaked out that the B. & Nj. will pass
silently and unostentatiously to the
south of Chadron, strike the mouth of
Red Canyon in an eleyated position,
thence to Rapid creek, where it will
form a junction with the fume and
thence down the fiume to Rapid City.
The graders are working silently by
night in order to keep this astounding
disclosure secret"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18
Custer Dirt.

Don't be unnecessarily disturbed, we
are not going to claim that Custer realty
is booming to any alarming extent. We
have no desire to unduly excite the
public mind in this direction we sim
ply wish to say in this connection that
Custer dirt, which everybody knows
has for many years remained as dull
and inert, commercially, as an Egyptian
mummy, is now, by reason of recent
| important events transpiring, and y hers
trembling upon the verge of cons 'mn.a'
ton, showing unmistakable sig1s OF
returning activity. Inquiries are daily
being made for town lots, and the
| records show that the number Of trans
fers are rapidly increasing. Confidence
which has ever been marked feature
among Custer residents, is being rapidly
imbibed throughout the Hills, and it ID
now safe assumption to say, that the
pioneer city will soon emerge from
lingering and long protracted obscurity,
and in the bright future which awaits
her. shine forth in ail the resplendant
features of the solid prosperity, which
her immeasurable resources, and sur
passing attractions fully warrant We
do not predict a revolution in our
commercial affairs of the character ex-
perienced in many places where the dis
covery Of mines, or the advent ofa single
railroad induced degree Of excitement
wholly unwarranted by the measure OF
the benefits involved What we most
desire, and what we earnestly believe
will be the result, is, from this time for
ward, reasonably rapid growth, com
mensurate with the extent and magni-
tude Of our varied resources in their
future development and utilization,
There is substantial reasons for the
belief that large amount of Custer real
estate will be transferred to outside
parties during the present year. Al
ready number ofpersons have written
from various points in the east, making
inquiry as to the value OF city property,
and in some cases have instructed par
ties here to make purchases. While 1t
is fact that property in this city is
held at prices which, to a stranger,
would appear somewhat exorbitant, we
can but express the opinion that this
city offers greater inducements for in
vestment than any place which enjoys
the distinction of place upon the map
of the Black Hills. At this juncture
there are many things we might name,
which are attracting considerable atten-
tion in various portions of the Hills,
which we believe to be far less desira-
bic than Custer dirt, dirty as it may be.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18
Gold Float.

w. NJ. Pennington, county surveyor
of Dawes county, Nebraska, formerly q
sheep grower on Lame Johny creek in
this county, at present resident oi
Crawford, Neb., accompanied by his
brother-in-law, Collins Tucker, came IN
last week for the purpose of tracing
certain valuable float gold ore, found
three miles northwest of Baskerville
and about ten miles distant from this
city. Careful assays made by Professor
Dickover of this place, give four ounces
of gold, and three ounces Of silver to
the ton. They have not yet succeeded
in tracing the float to its source. but are
continuing their efforts in this direction
and are very hopeful of success.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18

An enthusiastic vet Of Hot Springs
who signs himself Corporal of the
Guard" contributes the following earn
est appeal to the Star of the 10th inst.
in behalf of the early organization Of a
grand army post in that place:
Comrades, we wish to call your earn
est attention to the necessity of i'm.
mediate action in regard to the organi-
zation of post On the 30th day OF
May last meeting was held by quite a
number of the old soldiers and resolu-
ton passed to organize at once, and In
order to do so, every soldier that has a
spark Of the old enthusiasm remaining
in him must fall in and answer to his
name, or be branded as deserter.
Payday is next Monday and head
quarters is at Maj. Eaton's office, Fargo's
store, get your fees there on or before
Monday every mothers son of you or
receive a drum-head court-martial
Here we are sleeping at our post, whilst
our comrades all over this broad land
are busy organizing and making fol
themselves names that will be handed
down to posterity. Raffalo Gap and
already organized-"why stand we here
idle?' Skip, hop, jump, veteran bum
mers and answer to roll-call on or be
fore next Monday, pay your dues, sign
the roll and "fall in"
Gen. Steele Post No. "a was organized
in this place Oct. 3rd, 1885, and is al
present, as it always has been since its
organization, in very fourishing con,
dition. This post numbers among its
members two of the highest grand army
officials in the Hills, viz: Captain
Charles A. Haseredt, aide-de-camp on
the staff Of the national commander in
chief, and Colonel Stephen M. Booth
junior vice commander of the depart
ment Of Dakota. The latter has been
designated as mastering officer for the
Hills, and would doubtless take pleasure
in mastering in the proposed new post
at Hot Springs at any time the ex.
soldiers of that place may elect.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-06-18

Sec. Manning has returned from Eu
rome.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
The Flannel Shirt.

We printed yesterday frank statement Of
failure by a man who had undertaken to
wear flannel shirt instead OF white shirt
during the summer. His failure was owing,
az he said, to the lack Of promised support
from supposititious friends, chiefly artists
and litterateurs. What promised to be .
movement In flannel shirt wearing, pc
tered out to o single man, our correspondent,
DOMINIC one and then being guyed for his
popularity.
We should advise our friend, II no prefers
a flannel shirt, to wear 1t. There is much to
DO said in its favor. It is in reality cooler
than other shirts. The stiffness which other
shirts have. and on which their beauty de-
ponds and which they lose so easily. the
flannel shirt never loses, for the reason that
1t never has it. But though 1t Is somewhat
offhand In style. the true quality Of the
wearer never fails to show through 1t clearly
A gentleman is gentleman az unmistaka-
bly, In a flannel shirt as In the boiledest Of
"bolled rags" And they are also cheaper.
But he must wear them conscientiously.
The conscience. comes in when 1t dictates a
change of shirts, although In the case Of
fannels the necessity for 1t may not DO so
obvious to outsiders. Because shirt does
not look soiled is no reason for neglecting
its being turned out and replaced by another
clean one when the revolving days prove
that the change is imperative. With this
law well observed, flannel shirts are things
Of considerable beauty and undeniable Joy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
women's Periis In London Streets.
From ne London Standard

A short time since was returning on foot
with my wife from Chartng Gross Station and about o
O'clock when passing up Regent street entered to-
1accnnists shop leaving my wife outside 70 wait Tor
IN few momsns .hs entered ne shop In STATE Of *
IRENE agitation, hnd ~ We left on my inquirtnH the
CAUSE ,he informed me thai As she was Walking slowly
up ana down IN front OF the shop she was aecoeed by
po!s-map ShS told her roughly to move on that no
knew ana had been watching hor and that he caught
her asan he you'd run her in she wAH toa AEi;atsd
10 take the mans number, aud when She entered the
shop ;or prntsSon modssy and shame A. the foul in
tnuAtiun prevented her from revealing the matter In
the presence OF the ghopmsn
Now. this kind Of think - unbsaTahlo, and would not
for monent be tolerated in any foreign capital Why
should Londoners tolerate uf An lspioHAr HuaBAxp.
NY youngest daughter, not Quits Is years odd. was
passing through Regent street between and O'clock
IN the ernoon OF the nth ult when her eeEed
~ Ssdres.sd man about 50 years old yho sIe.imsd
grimAuinR at her
What bsppsndsd to my daush,sr happen. doubles. to
many ntheTs ADULTS a. well children surely modest
female. SeSessd IN this way By the bsAaty feows who
right to COMPLAIN Of Hardship a. has The ssntsman
"a hartahiE TO be sesoAted By womsnn Why. then do
moral women and wholly neglect immoral meal Why
are not the men prosecuted for AoooStn8 females
their work. FRxDKRicE ApAls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
An Important Prohibition Movement.

1t Is announced that the Superintendent OF
tho Schuylkiu division Of the Reading Rail-
road has not only positively forbidden the
employees of the company to drink liquor
whether on or of duty, but has directed the
summary dismissal OF any man who Is re-
ported to have been seen drinking even
single glass OF spirits or beer.
This is stringent measure, but 1t Ia advo-
Gated as essential to the safe management Of
a railroad.
A clear head on the shoulders OF every man
who has any share in controlling the move
ment Of railway train may DO OF vital i'm
portance to the security of oil on board. No
argument is needed to show this. Nor can
1t DO doubted that liquor makes more men
muddle-headed every day in the year than
any other one cause. Is not habitual drink
ing, then, an element OF danger. which oil
prudent railroad managers will strive to
guard against? or course 1t is. But how
far should they gop Is 1t necessary to In
sist only upon temperance. or must total
abstinence be required OF railway servants,
and this not merely when they are at work
but at oil other times?
These questions are not only OF interest to
O great body of worthy men in the employ
OF tho railroads. but Of vast Importance to
the public generally.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17


gorgeous show In Westminster Abbey an i'm.
pressive and In fact, rather thrilling perform
ance occurred there. Some temporary wooden
galleries had been erected to accommodate
spectators. These galleries were filled with
workmen about as closely as they could stand.
and then the master OF ceremonies. taking q
snfe position out Of reach Of accidents, uttered
this signal for action:
One, two. three. jumpl
Then each horny-handed toiler. with such
agility as he could muster. leaped into the air
and camo down kerplump! upon the floor Of
the gallery. 1t was evident that II the aston
ished structures survived this trying ordeal
the noble bones OF EnRlnnd's sristocracy could
be safely trusted upon them. II. on tho other
hand. there was suddenly q grand sdmixture
OF sp!inters and tho toilinR masses ON the floor
OF the Abbey the list OF casualties would be
long, but tho newspapers would not be bur-
dened with biographical details OF the Victims
The true nobility of the honest toiler, OF
which England's poets have sung. does not
seem to entitle his life and limb to any consid-
GRAFTON, even though safer and decidedly more
scientific methods have been invented for test
ing the strength OF building materials,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
Tho People Arc Old Hands.

The people OF the United States first made
n President nearly one hundred years ago.
Since then they have had more than twenty
Presidents At no time have they been With
out O President.
But no President ever undertook to say
how he should be treated before President
CLEVELAND. He decent think that he has
been treated properly. His Administration
has been criticised. His feelings have been
hurt. And within the last week he has taken
seyeral occasions to deprecate the treat
ment he has received or imagines that he has
received, and to expound his views upon the
BORT Of treatment he likes.
This suggests en- interesting question.
Have the American people never known
their duty toward the President3 Have they
never comprehended the dignity Of the office
Has there come down no tradition from the
past century to the present day by which we
may have correct idea upon that subject Z
Ia Mr.. CLEVELAND tho first to perceive the
true character Of the Executive and to dis
cover that his feelings have not been prop
orly considered In short, have MIR. CIEvk-
y,ANp's recent remarkable utterances been
prompted by some original discovery on his
mart. or were they the fruit Of disposition
of extraordinary constituencies and self-con-
templation2
As for the question whether the people or
the present occupant Of the White House
know better what Is due to the Office OF Pres!-
dent, 1t must be said that the people have
had rather longer experience.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17

on pioo q tashsq kes.5 5se sinasa q Ss
West End aotel this morning and tiidy asked him for
pair OF scissors. When they were handed TO him he
pulled roll of national bank bills from his pock Cd
They were In sheet form Just as postage atamps come
and he clipped OF SOD BILL Hswrote his name aorOas
it, face in the space 1e'srvsd to5 he auto
CHI. i fS q him. NJ. Kelssy Hseommoda,sd
Il and seeing that II was q bona nds mole
Of a national bank In Michigan. The little man
WIN TINS snvlabic power as money maker was Mr..
Jacob selgman, who Is known through all Miohi
gan Us Little Jake" He the leading clothing msr
chant OF the State until he became banker and raroad
naneer a. well as one OF the biggest lumber merchants
iI that region lie is now millionaire director In
siderable real estate the sauit ST. Marie region Rome
people say that he will be the richest state II
he lives 10 realize on his present Investments Yet he
went opt to Michigan twenty nve years ago with only
SIoD in hts pockets lie made his fortune In strange
way. In order 20 start in the clothing bust.
Eeois. lie spent he hoo cash he "' hsa ia ia
hiring wagon brass band and four horses and IN.
y-s.ing In clreuiA and advertising lie made 1t known
thar Little Jake would reach town AZ hour aud
ds bute and oysraa free from his wagon In the
public square lie told to-day that ha smptied his
wagon load TO thronR of people scattering over their
heads at the saine time perfect cloud OF dodgers
ing that he wAt going to sell them all uorta Of oothing
for the next nnth For fifteen years Little Jake fol-
travelling FROM TOW to town until he had store estAb
uahed In every IMPORTANT city In tho state lie
only he hgss clothing dealer but tho biggest pswspa
per advertiser we'll Since then he has IN AIDE rAid
strides toward becoming tho biggest banker but he 10
still the smallest man In the state In size.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17

until tho crumbling foundation Of his fame
and fortune had got well2
The up-curve also strains the lattissimus
dorsi.
All curves strain the elbow Joint and tend
to separate the radius and the capitellum Of
the humerus. The constant necessity for
quick twists Of the elbow have a particularly
unfortunate effect upon the brochialis anti
Gus. Alas for the brachialisl
DR.. LEUF also maintains that the bones Of
o pitchers arm may be seriously affected.
The constant strain upon the bone by the
pulling tendons produces inflammation and
calcareous deposits, and, the periosteum being
pulled about, hypertrophy Of the subjacent
bone follows.
These are only the principal points OF Dr.
LEUF's thesis. In regard to treatment, regu-
lar exercise Is recommended. Do not pitch
too swiftly when you have an ION day -;
when you do not feel able to do yourself
justice don't try to pitch hard. Let your
average be less considered than your arm.
but to be In good form pitcher must prac-
tise about an hour morning and afternoon
Sundays included. ALI exercise should be
taken In the sun. II tho thermometer Is
below sixty, vigorous pitching Is risky. and
the danger increases as the temperature
falls. Never use nnaments. They are no
good. Rubbing is bad too. Hot water is
good, as Is also mild galvanism.
Alas. how many famous arms are now COM
paratively quiet, and their owners no longer
figures for popular admiration on ao-
count of pitchers arm" How many
brilliant regulations have been ruined
through the ignorance Of or contempt for
facts and principles which DR.. LEuF lays
down with such experienced authority. Let
us trust that his precepts will be needed. In
that case the ball field now so strewn with
the wrecks Of twirlers may be trod by an
unbrolen list OF capable and unsluggable
pitchers, each with sound arms and salary
OF ten thousand year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17

the most beautiful Of colored women, and
some OF them are remarkable for their
beauty, was included among the guests at
dinner in white society,"
In truth, the color line is sharply drawn at
the North as well as at the South, against
which wo have no right to bring the charge OF
narrow and unchristian race animosity AS
q colored preacher SAID the other day, the
only difference Is that the South Is honester
in expressing It's antpathy and It's determi-
nation to keep the races apart. Here there Is
a disposition to hide the same feeling and
purpose under cloak of cant and humbug.
But, with tho advancement Of the colored
people in education and refinement, and
especially In material wealth, may they not
hope for the gradual fading away OF the
prejudice
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
The "Pitcher's Arm"

A new physiological development has come
from the introduction of modern curve pitch
ing and Is known as the pitchers arm"
Just as Scriveners' Paralysis Is produced by
using certain muscles in excess, the pitchers
arm is the result Of the peculiar motion which
the modern pitcher uses to give the ball that
long-doubted twist which alone seems able
TO strike out the opposing batsman and earn
the pitchers salary.
DIR. LEUF OF Philadelphia discusses this
subject In the Medical Netrs In manner de-
serving the attention of all present base ball
lights and OF the more youthful asplrants
for the future. DR.. LEUP estimates that a
pitcher averages about 1870 pitches in a
game, In each Of which the ball Is delivered
with almost all possible speed. With the
manner Of producing the curve the readers
Of The SUN are already familiar but the
special muscles engaged and affected by the
process OF curving are SO lucidly discoursed
upon by DIR. LEUP that we will follow his
words In their most important bearing. He
defines the seats oftrouble when the in-curve,
the out-curve. the down-curve, and the up
curve have been resorted to in excess, as
follows;
The ineufve calls into action particularly the
peetorais major, the bosps hraehiaiis ANTIGUA and
nsxors OF the forearm. The affects the PEG
torAliI major, brachalis infrAspnatuH terea
miuor, and ulnar muscles The down curve strains
mos; especially the pectoras major trapeEius deIold
ami ssrratus mlgnus The up-curvs is mostly caused
by the pectoEAls major hceps aud aupinAtor brevA"
II LARRY CoRooRAN had but known that
his trouble lay In the coraoo-brachialis, or
In the infrasplnatus, wouldn't he have
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
THE MAYOR COMES BACK REFREsHED
A Bono to Pick with the Conmissioaers Of
Charities Right Away.


The Mayors short trip to Saratoga EVIL
IDENTIFY did him great deal Of good. for whom
he appeared at his office In the City Hall yes
terday he looked tho picture Of health His
eye was bright. and he was In excellent spirits.
prepared, as he said, to give plenty OF room to
the reporters and politicians for the next two
or three weeks" AS to a suggestion that the
Board Of Estimate had stupidity refused to sp.
propriate enough money to start the Long
Island Farm for the mildly insane, he said:
1.-The fault is with the Commissioners Of
Charities. While was sick in January last my
attention was called to the crooked condition
Of the Insane Asylum on Wards Island. I sent
for President Porter OF the Commission Of
Charities. and suggested to him the advisable
fly OF preparing the Farm 90 that the less VIC:
lent OF the insane could be brought there and
which they are fitted. When tho Board Of Es-
innate met and the Charities Commissioners
appeared before It, they Ind no plans OF any
kind, either for the Farm. or the proposed
buildings. They had nothing TO show how
they could spend money intelligently. Dr.. Mac.
donald. the Medical Superintendent. said that
they could expend $1,000 for temporary strlc-
lures, and the Board appropriated $4,000 for
this purpose. II they could have shown how
more money could have been jndiciously ex-
pended. we would have appropriated larger
amount. do not love the Commissioners for
concealing this fact In their Testimony given
before the State Board OF Charities"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
Mr.. Clcveland's Boyhood Homss.

1.-THE President RI p ursI making tour Of
his whole circle of boyhood homes" In continuation
Of the start made at Holland Patent and Clinton ysser
day he has laid considerable job for the summer
His father, the Rev. Richard Cleveland = clergy.
man Of the peripstetIc sort preaching at wyndham,
Conn. Portsmouth, Va, and Caldwell N. J., and Fay.
eteville and Holland Patent Y at various stages OF
his twenty years ministry Butth the only
places where the and daughters made their homes
BY any Grover went school In several towns
served brief business apprenticeship in Others and
taught school and studied law In others still His boy.
hood homes many and various IS the birth.
places Of Miss Emma Abbott and. with the thermome-
ter among the ninees 1t may well be wondered whether
the President will have strength enough 10 I'LL tho pro-
gramme be is reported to have laid for himself
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-07-17
A Cup from Hero for the n. n. Q. Z. 9. Re.
gatta.

NEW YoRK. July 4, 1887.
p C. snfehrdst Esq. Represenn0 TIE Royal Moro Scotia
fach squadron, Sturtepdnt House, Eew Fork.
DEAR SIR: On behalf Of citizens OF Boston
and New York who desire mark their appreciation Of
the courtesy Of the citizens Of Halifax toward American
yachtsmsn, oder cup by Tiffany Co.. to b. sailed
for by yachts belonging the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht
Squadron during the regatta at Halifax In connection
with the jubilee celebration The Of the subsorib
will be foTw arded To you with the cup. We arc
yours sincerely, George Win. Curtis VIM Aston, oliver
Wendell Holmes. Allen Thorndike Rice Erastus wiman
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fax In general a, well a. by the msmSsrs Of our squad
ron as more especially interested The composition for
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l beg you will convey to the subscribers to the
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